Covid-19: features of the pathogenesis of the disease and targets for immunotherapeutic effects
- Authors: Klimov N.A.1, Simbirtsev A.S.1
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- Institute of Experimental Medicine
- Issue: Vol 20, No 3 (2020)
- Pages: 75-88
- Section: Analytical reviews
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/MAJ/article/view/48959
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/MAJ48959
- ID: 48959
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Abstract
An analysis of current scientific literature on the pathogenesis of the coronavirus infection that caused the 2019 pandemic, COVID-19, was carried out. The structure, genome, introduction into the cell and the life cycle of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused the pandemic, the mechanisms of protection of the virus from the host’s immune system, features of the clinical picture of coronavirus infection, the pathogenesis of viral pneumonia, in particular, disruption of the renin-angiotensin system, cytokine storm, participation of the complement system in the pathogenesis of COVID-19 are reviewed. The models of infections caused by SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 in laboratory mice are also considered.
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N. A. Klimov
Institute of Experimental Medicine
Author for correspondence.
Email: nklimov@mail.ru
PhD (Medicine), Head, Laboratory of Protein Gene Engineering, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Immunopharmacology
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg, RussiaA. S. Simbirtsev
Institute of Experimental Medicine
Email: simbas@mail.ru
MD, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Immunopharmacology
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg, RussiaReferences
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